Eindhoven Airport is in talks with the Defence ministry over the purchase of a more advanced radio navigation system, so that the air traffic is less affected by the dense fog. A spokesman for the airport, confirms a story in this, The 'Financieele Dagblad'.
in The centre of the airport has suffered from missing out on any other airports in the Netherlands, since it is a fairly basic radio navigation system, a kind of tomtom you will need to: on the technology of the category of 1, whereas the other airports are often one of the so-called Instrument Landing System (ILS) for category 3.
The difference is primarily in how many meters the aircraft can land and take off. "Now, is that the Eindhoven Airport is limited to, respectively, 550 and 300 meters," according to the spokesperson of the airport, at NU.nl.
Also, the runway lights are part of the navigation package. "In the higher categories of the enlightenment in the middle of the road, with us on the road."
the Flights running delayed or being cancelled
if you miss going to the airport earlier, at the conclusion, with all that that entails: the flights running delayed, even cancelled, or the aircraft need to be re-routed. The airport, as well as the customers, and the companies have an interest in the airport, the less sensitive it is to missing.
at the Eindhoven Airport, it is also with respect to the property as a special case: it is used for both civil and military aviation use. The platform is part of the Eindhoven Airport. The runway is on the Defence, but it is also used for commercial flights, for example, Easyjet or Wizz Air. A more advanced system would be, depending on which system is chosen, several million euros of expense.
if you are new to the system are going to the airport weeks in the slot
"It is obvious that we are a part of the cost thereof, to pass it on to the airlines," the spokesman said. For military aviation, there is a need for a new system is reduced. If the Defence is opposed, it is still quite a noise when the system is installed, it may be that, because then it is going to be the airport for weeks on conclude, for both burgervliegverkeer and military air traffic. "Ideally, it is, together with the maintenance, and that once in so many years. In that schedule be inserted."
According to a spokesperson from the Eindhoven air Base, the military side, it is sliding into the planning discussion. "The next major maintenance is scheduled for completion in the year 2025," according to him. As a military operation, it is not that much of a problem as the basis for a couple of weeks from closing. "We will be able to from Leeuwarden to leave where you are."
Date Of Update: 22 January 2020, 13:00
